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Eric Casey covers manufacturing and real estate for the Worcester Business Journal. He previously ran Burn After Reading, an online publication focusing on the cannabis industry. He has also formerly had freelance work published in outlets including Worcester Magazine and Different Leaf Magazine. Eric is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he studied history and political science. He grew up in Marlborough and is currently a resident of Worcester.
Energy

🔒Powering the past and future: Westborough-based hydropower firm to update its century-old facilities

A key tool to help decarbonize New England’s electricity grid has already been in operation for over a century.
Energy

🔒Cooler & warmer: Heat pump demand is reaching new heights as customers seek to use government incentives before they disappear

Despite concerns about impacts of tariffs and cuts to federal incentives, heat pumps are becoming standard equipment in the heating and cooling business.
Economy

Grafton Job Corps searching for shelter for 30 homeless students as Trump Administration prepares to vacate closing campus on Monday

“These are people's lives they're playing with, and it's horrible,” Hebert said of the Trump Administration’s decision to unilaterally shutter all contract-run Job Centers across the country.
Economy

Westborough manufacturer’s CFO to retire, search for successor underway

Rich Sneider served as the firm’s CFO since 1998.
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Professional Services

Market Basket board suspends CEO for alleged resistance to succession plan, CEO claims hostile takeover attempt

The family scuffle is reminiscent of a situation in 2014.
Real Estate

Boston firm expands Central Mass. presence, buys Franklin apartment complex for $101M

The Westerly at Forge Park, a 280-unit residential complex in Franklin, has been sold for $101 million to DSF Group, a Boston-based real estate investment firm.
Economy

Trump Administration seeking to close two Central Mass. Job Corps centers as part of elimination of program nationwide

Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future. 
Government & Politics

Canadian firm to study solutions to I-290 divide in Worcester

With a planned start in June and completion expected by the end of September 2026, the study seeks to find ways to reconnect neighborhoods divided by the construction of the highway in the mid-20th century.
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Hospitality

Sweetgreen to open first Central Mass. location, as Shoppers World adds three restaurants

Three growing fast casual restaurant chains are set to open at Shoppers World on the border of Framingham and Natick later this year. 
Manufacturing

IPG hires former medical device CEO to lead global laser systems efforts

Mira Sahney has more than two decades of experience in leadership roles in industrial, medical, and high-tech markets, according to a press release issued by IPG on Thursday. She served as president of the pelvic health operating unit at Minnesota-based medical device firm Medtronic from 2021 to 2024. 
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